Project description:Honeybee health is a major ecological, agricultural and societal concern due to the critical role of these insects for plant reproduction and the massive losses of colonies observed within the last decade. The search for abiotic (e.g. pesticides) and biotic (e.g. pathogens) stressors is essential for understanding bee declines and design protection plans. Flagellated Trypanosomatid protozoan parasites and particularly Lotmaria passim, are widely distributed in honeybee colonies and have been associated with colony losses. However, little is known about their life cycles, routes for transmission and the strategies for survival inside and outside their hosts. Here we describe the proteome of L. passim Extracellular polymeric substances linked to secretion of Extracellular vesicles using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The EPS-EVs composition will provide clues on how these pathogens survive and spread in apiaries worldwide.
Project description:This dataset contains nanoLC-MS/MS results of heads of honey bee workers. All the heads were from 13 days old bees that were 11 days postinfection (DPI) that lasted 24 hours. Abdomens of bees were analyzed using qPCR to determine parasite load. Further, corresponding selected heads were subjected to a label-free proteomic analysis. Overall, five heads of bees were selected from each of the following experimental exposures performed: i) control without L. passim and IMI exposure and with confirmed no L. passim detected; ii) bees positive for L. passim from the experimental exposure of L. passim; and iii) bees positive for L. passim from the experimental exposure of L. passim combined with 2.5 uL IMI coexposure. This research was supported by project no. QK1910018 (NAZV) and Institutional Support for R&D no. MZE-RO0423 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.
